The Cup of Life

Two years ago, St. Casimir’s members started gathering the fruits of the fast in favorite cups. It began in Lent, on our first-annual Feast Day celebration. 

Cups became daily reminders to empty ourselves of the un-needed, un-necessary, the clutter & burdens of our life.  This led us to fill the lives of those in need, just as our Patron, the Prince of the Poor did some six-hundred years ago.

With St. Casimir’s Feast Day only a week away, here’s a reminder to bring your favorite cup or mug to the Feast Day Mass with Bishop Malone.  At the end of the Mass Bishop Malone will dedicate the Family Vine Memorial Chapel (formerly the St, Joseph Chapel) and bless the cups you placed on the chapel table during the procession of the Preparation of the Gifts.  Emptying yourself into your Cup of Life gradually transforms it into your Resurrection “gift box”.  You’ll empty your 40-day Cup at the Lord’s Tomb—the one rejected by humanity, at the Holy Saturday food blessing. Jesus transforms fast to feast helping needy families in our Outreach Program.

Remember, there is a depiction of our Cup of Life tradition on the right wall of the Vine Chapel. After our Bishop blesses the cups, return home with them home and place them in a special place in your view for the all of Lent.

“Cup of Life” meditations will appear throughout Lent in the weekly Chronicle and on mystablog80.blogspot.com.  They may help you to encounter God in daily living.  Use your favorite cup as a place to empty the fruit of your 40-Day Fast with Jesus in the desert. And consider following the on-line or in bulletin meditations and gathering the bountiful fruits of your Lenten sacrifices.

Gathering the Fruits of your Fast 2014